chatted with Guan Quan for a while, and listened to him talk about what Guan Wen and he were busy with recently, and the time passed quickly.

When Guan Wen came to the shop with a group of people, Li Xin was listening to Guan Quan talk about the Shen family that Hu Yueying told him.

"Xin'er?"

Seeing Li Xin Guan Wen was a little surprised, he hurriedly threw up the work in his hand and walked over to Li Xin.

The people in the shop all shouted "owner" in a loud voice.

Li Xin smiled with crooked eyebrows, and said to Guan Wen: "I've been waiting for you for a while." ”

"Sister-in-law is here to reunite with my eldest brother today, I'm going to buy some good wine and food and come back, sister-in-law is in a hurry to go back today, and rest in the town for one night."

Guan Quan quietly glanced at Guan Wen, a little frowning, and without waiting for Li Xin to speak, he beckoned a young baby to go out with him.

Li Xin said helplessly: "I didn't want to rest. ”

Guan Wen smiled: "It's okay, let's rest for one night." ”

"You're talking lightly, everyone laughs at ......"

Li Xin glanced at him secretly, Guan Wen took her hand and said with a smile: "We are husband and wife, what is there to joke about." ”

Guan Wen pulled Li Xin to sit, and he drank his own saliva, thinking that he was thirsty.

Wiping his chin, Guan Wen asked Li Xin, "Why did you think of coming to town today?" ”

Li Xin said: "Come and ask you for an idea, Xing'er and I are in a dilemma there." ”

Seeing her serious look, Guan Wen also hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Sister's dowry."

Li Xin paused, sorted out his thoughts, and said to Guan Wen: "I started thinking that Ah Mei's dowry should be done in a complete way. At the beginning, your fourth brother's marriage was quite shabby, and that was because the family had no money. Now that there is a family leftover, Ah Mei is married, but she can't do it well. Scenery splitting. ”

Guan Wen nodded and said, "Of course, I want to let my sister get married." After all, this is a major event in Ah Mei's life. ”

"So on the issue of dowry, we have a problem." Li Xin sighed: "I can't tell Aunt Wei about this matter directly, I'm afraid that Aunt Wei won't say it, but she won't be happy in her heart." ”

"What happened to the dowry?" Guan Wen wondered.

"You big men, you just don't pay attention to these details." Li Xin sighed: "As for the dowry, do you think that Ah Mei should be purchased in a big way, or in a small way?" ”

"Needless to say, of course it's on the big side......"

"Look."

Li Xin interrupted him and said, "You just haven't thought it through. Just thinking about not letting Ah Mei be wronged, why don't you think about what Aunt Wei and Shu Wei think? ”

Li Xin said: "When Wei Shusheng was going to the state capital to participate in the Autumn Festival, do you remember? At that time, the two of us discussed for a long time whether to send him money or not, and this matter was the same as the original matter. If you send too much, I am afraid that the Wei family will not be happy. ”

Guan Wen's brows furrowed: "You mean, the Wei family will think that we are using our wealth to oppress people?" ”

"Wei Shusheng has already spent a lot of money to go to Qiufu, and when he comes back to buy a wedding, this stall will cost another money." Li Xin sighed: "Wei Shusheng is a scholar, no matter what, he is still a little high, if we take a big package, there are only two of them in their family, the old mother and him, and the neighbors are afraid that they will also gossip, and they are afraid that there will be those who chew the root of the tongue and say that Wei Shusheng is an upside down door." The marriage must be done by the daughter-in-law's mother's family......"

Guan Wen pursed his lips: "Isn't it enough to give a little dowry?" ”

"Won't the few ones have to be purchased by the Wei family? I'm afraid that the Wei family can't afford it at all. ”

Li Xin shook his head again: "The dowry is not thick, nor is it thin, it is really a dilemma." ”

Guan Wen poured Li Xin a glass of water, "You drink water, don't worry." ”

"How can this not be rushed?"

"It's useless to be in a hurry?" Guan Wen smiled: "You want to buy a dowry." You have to wait for the Wei family to give the dowry gift, right? Why don't you take a look at what dowry gifts the Wei family gave first. Let's just pick up the missing ones and make up for them? ”

Li Xin said angrily: "You are a temporary Buddha, and you really went to the Wei family to give a dowry." Isn't it too hasty to count what is missing in the dowry and then make up for it in the dowry? ”

Guan Wen sighed: "Otherwise, there is no way, unless you talk to Aunt Wei openly and honestly." ”

Li Xin didn't want to go over and ask Aunt Wei, but now that Wei Shusheng has not returned, Aunt Wei's answer is not Wei Shusheng's thoughts, and she can't take it into account in the end.

Li Xin looked at Guan Wen with a headache, Guan Wen was furious by her, took her hand and said kindly: "Daughter-in-law, look...... It's a matter of urgency, and you can't be in a hurry. It's winter, don't you get on the fire......"

"I'm just a little anxious."

Li Xin glanced at Guan Wen: "It's good for you, you are taking care of your career at this time, but you let me carry the marriage of your youngest sister." ”

Guan Wen hurriedly coaxed: "You have a daughter-in-law, you have worked hard......"

"Less poverty."

Li Xin scolded him with a smile, and sighed after a while: "You didn't say it, you didn't say it, and you don't have an accurate idea." ”

Guan Wen was silent and said: "Actually, if you want me to say, you don't have to care how much the Wei family thinks about, how to do it for Ah Mei." In the future, Ah Mei will marry into their family, and we don't want to covet Wei Shusheng for anything, everything we do now is just for Ah Mei to live well in the future. Even if Wei Shusheng is not very happy in his heart, but after a long time, seeing that we didn't use these to restrain him, he must be able to figure it out. ”

Li Xin wanted to speak and stopped, Guan Wen said again: "You really have to think about everything so clearly and understand, people are going to be tired to death." ”

"But ......" Li Xin still felt a little hasty when she thought about it: "This is about what Wei Shusheng and Aunt Wei think of her after Ah Mei marries into the Wei family." In the future, it will be Ah Mei who will have direct contact with them, not our ......."

Guan Wen laughed and said, "She will get married in the future, and her life will be lived by herself, so let's plan for her better." She won't live, so isn't that for nothing? ”

Li Xin sneered lightly, and Guan Wen said again: "Then even if we don't plan for her now, she will get along well with her mother-in-law and husband in the future." That's what she's capable of, too. ”

"You've got a lot to think about right now."

Guan Wen smiled. said: "It's not that you can't think about it, after all, that's the truth." Didn't you say it before, the younger brothers and sisters are older, and their lives are their own, so we'd better not interfere too much. ”

After a pause, Guan Wen added: "It's best to go with the flow." ”

Li Xin sighed, pouted and said, "Then you still haven't made up your mind with me?" How can there be so much to go with the flow...... I'll have to sum it up with Apricot this time. ”

Guan Wen smiled and said, "Then it's up to the two of you to discuss it." ”

"Arwen!"

"Oh yes, if you're really wavering, you can also ask Ah Mei for her opinion."

Guan Wen said busily. patted Li Xin's hand.

It happened that a guy in the shop was looking for him to ask about something, so Guan Wen greeted Li Xin and went to get busy.

Li Xin thought sullenly. Guan Wen said that it would work to ask Ah Mei, but he was afraid that when it came to this Ah Mei, he would not be able to pay attention to it, and he would rely on her and Xing'er to call the shots.

It's okay to stay at this time, Li Xin walked into the high counter, looked at the account books on it, and felt that the records on it were very disorganized.

Glancing at the abacus next to him, Li Xin sighed, thinking of the modern calculator.

After thinking about it, she still took the pen and pulled a piece of waste paper. A simple table was drawn on the north side of the letter, divided horizontally into two large sections, one for purchases, one for expenditures, and vertically for dates. Then the column on the far right is separated. Write down the income and expenditure for the day.

I am working on the manuscript. Guan Wen walked over, lowered his head and asked, "Xin'er." What are you drawing? ”

"Book of Accounts." Li Xin raised his head and said, "Don't you think that writing like this is more pleasing to the eye than the messy records in that thick account book?" ”

Guan Wen's eyes lit up, took the paper in Li Xin's hand, and said in surprise: "Indeed, it is much easier to cover up, and it is easy to find anything!" ”

Li Xin laughed: "In the future, you can keep accounts according to this model, and if there are other more detailed classifications, you can draw a column after column, which will be clear at a glance." ”

Guan Wen thought about it carefully, and his face kept wearing an expression like a treasure.

Then he raised his head and smiled at Li Xin: "Xin'er, it's a pity that you don't go to the accounting room." ”

Li Xin sneered: "I'll stay in the village and do a good job." ”

"It's better to wait for the shop to open......"

"Stop, stop." Li Xinxing's eyes were round: "I don't like to live in the town, the back room of the house is almost cleaned up before I can live in it, I haven't lived in my new house yet, don't kidnap me to come to your shop to do things." ”

Guan Wen grinned, and Li Xin snorted angrily: "Isn't it very expensive to hire an account room?" If you really spend so much money, you might as well let your fourth brother do this, anyway, it will take a while for the shop to open, and I can teach him. ”

"You can count?" Guan Wen was surprised.

"Underestimate me, huh? Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, whatever you say, I can do it. ”

The ancient arithmetic system was not perfect, and it was just addition and subtraction, but the abacus beads were clear, but multiplication and division were relatively difficult.

"With an abacus?"

"No need to calculate." Li Xin smiled: "Just use the pen to calculate." ”

Guan Wen thought for a while and said, "Then I'll test you." ”

"Okay, you take the test." Li Xin took the pen and felt that he couldn't take advantage of it, so he pulled a small toothpick and squeezed it in his hand, intending to dip it in the ink equation.

Guan Wen took the account book and said in a deep voice: "Take yesterday's as an example, I bought thirty pieces of leather goods, one or two or five hundred yuan each, and paid ten laborers, but no one paid one thousand...... How much did it cost? ”

Li Xin quickly calculated the result and said: "The leather goods cost thirty-seven two thousand yuan, and the wages were paid five taels, which adds up to forty-two two thousand yuan." Right? ”

Guan Wen looked at Li Xin in surprise, and then looked at what was recorded in his account book, and was stunned before he said, "That's right." ”

Li Xin laughed: "I didn't lie to you." ”

"Xin'er, I really think you can be a bookkeeper." Guan Wen nodded solemnly and said.